eugeeen123
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Would you suggests wet or dry trimming? i think i'll do it once dried but maybe i'm not considering everything
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Autoflower first grow day 43, any tips?
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Bluey
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Depends on the size of your buds, it's susceptibility to mold, your ability to control humidity in your dry room.
I wet trimmed as I was worried about mold. Mine dried a bit too fast. A slow dry is better for quality..
Dry trimming is easier and they will dry slower but the risk of mold increases.
A breeze in your dry room will dry them fast..mine too fast but they have come good with curing.
I wet trimmed as I was worried about mold. Mine dried a bit too fast. A slow dry is better for quality..
Dry trimming is easier and they will dry slower but the risk of mold increases.
A breeze in your dry room will dry them fast..mine too fast but they have come good with curing.
eugeeen123
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Day87, in just few days most of the leaves became yellow. I guess she is near the end, hopefully i can harvest in 7 days from today.
There are still a lot of white pistils so i think there's still room for some bud development, also it still quite difficult to me to tell how many amber trichomes she has compared to the white one.
One of my biggest cola on the left collapsed (it can still stand on his own but it can't stay straight) a few days ago after moving a little bit the plant to clean up the runoff after watering, i had to put in a trellis net to relieve a little bit the weight of this single branch and keep it straight. The branch is not broken so i hope i didn't cause any damage.
I decided to harvest all at once and do a little wet trim, then put everything in my dry tent. Once dried do another round of trimming and before put everything in the jars for curing i will also split the biggest nugs into smaller pieces to minimize risks of mold, took the advice from builasoil on youtube. Very knowledgeable channel.
Thanks for all your feedback and help!!
There are still a lot of white pistils so i think there's still room for some bud development, also it still quite difficult to me to tell how many amber trichomes she has compared to the white one.
One of my biggest cola on the left collapsed (it can still stand on his own but it can't stay straight) a few days ago after moving a little bit the plant to clean up the runoff after watering, i had to put in a trellis net to relieve a little bit the weight of this single branch and keep it straight. The branch is not broken so i hope i didn't cause any damage.
I decided to harvest all at once and do a little wet trim, then put everything in my dry tent. Once dried do another round of trimming and before put everything in the jars for curing i will also split the biggest nugs into smaller pieces to minimize risks of mold, took the advice from builasoil on youtube. Very knowledgeable channel.
Thanks for all your feedback and help!!
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eugeeen123
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what does it mean, sorry but english is not my main language
SoOrbudgal
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What the other fella means by " Wheres me pipe " is a postive view and a high good comment. He'd like to smoke it LOL. Well done eugeeen123 excellent looking full term plant. Yes let her go till end of week. You will see little white hairs but the most importaint is letting those red curly ones tighten up not be so whispy but sometimes they don't all turn red cause she's still putting weight on an plumping up. If you have to harvest do so if not OK too just check those white trichomes out with a scope not the hairs but the plumpy buds OK. She's in the zone lovely colors yes she's sucking out everything from the plant. Great job sounds like you got this down at harvest.
eugeeen123
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got it !i guess i'm only halfway through, dry and curing hopefully will be easy. It is my first grow (not only canna, first grow at all) and still lot to learn. Thanks for passing by!
eugeeen123
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ok i'll focus on red hairs more than the white ones. Also i try to check every 2-3 days the trichomes but is more time consuming and is still confusing for me to tell the difference between white or amber ones. Also having hard time stabilizing the little microscope i have and get a clear shot, i have to work on it and find the best way to check them.
eugeeen123
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day 93 - at last, i decided to harvest. Was unsure to do today or wait another week. I've decided to experiment a little bit without bothering too much about min-maxing everything. As suggested by Bluey i decided to cut only the upper fat buds and leave the lower one on the plant. In fact there are still plenty of green leaves on the lower side so i decided to see what happens. Also just by cutting down the upper side i completely filled my dry tent. I'll wait two weeks until the main harvest has dried up to harvest the remaining part of the plants. Done a quick wet trim, hopefully i dont get any mould since the dry tent is quite overcrowded. At the same time i have air extractor and a box fan running 24/7 from now on, combined with dehumidifer and AC. Let's hope for the best!
eugeeen123
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Didn't get a pic just before cut but i have 2 pics from 2 days ago, as you can imagine didn't change much from day 91 to 93. to compare I took 2 pics of the plant as it is right now after chop, i let her go for 2 weeks while the harvest dries up.
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eugeeen123
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those upper buds were massive, i completely filled my dry tent which is a small 60x60x90cm from secret jardin.I'll make sure to weight the dry product. My last time using weed was 4 years ago, can't wait to try this strain auto bruce lemon diesel which is pretty strong..i have to be careful but i hope this will help a little with my stress and anxiety management 
but of course i don't want to jinx it, i still have at least 3-4 weeks ahead between drying, final trim and curing. Hopefully no mould or bud rot!
but of course i don't want to jinx it, i still have at least 3-4 weeks ahead between drying, final trim and curing. Hopefully no mould or bud rot!eugeeen123
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Day 98 - plant after chop is doing insanely good, remaining buds are growing good and plant overcome the stress caused by chop on day 93.
Looking at thrichomes (below picture) i can see a bit of amber ones, unfortunately i still don't have space in my dry tent for this to harvest, my plan is to chop the remaining part of the plant in 7-9days.
I'm a little bit worried about my drying tent - i'm now at day 5 of 14, so far i'm checking daily for mould and also if the buds are already dry (i'm trying to snap the stem of some buds and see if they snap with the typical crack sound). I'm checking daily because i have pretty bad values in this environment (the tent is directly under my AC unit at max speed set to 18Celsius, also using 2 dehumidifier around the tent always on).
In the tent i have a small box fan (not pointed directly at buds), and also an air extractor with carbon filter both always on. The buds are resting on a drying mesh net on 2 different levels.
Unfortunately i'm averaging 25C, 67RH with 18.7Dew point which i know is pretty bad. Hopefully i will not lose all my terpenes and potency, but maybe it is already too late. What do you guys think?
Looking at thrichomes (below picture) i can see a bit of amber ones, unfortunately i still don't have space in my dry tent for this to harvest, my plan is to chop the remaining part of the plant in 7-9days.
I'm a little bit worried about my drying tent - i'm now at day 5 of 14, so far i'm checking daily for mould and also if the buds are already dry (i'm trying to snap the stem of some buds and see if they snap with the typical crack sound). I'm checking daily because i have pretty bad values in this environment (the tent is directly under my AC unit at max speed set to 18Celsius, also using 2 dehumidifier around the tent always on).
In the tent i have a small box fan (not pointed directly at buds), and also an air extractor with carbon filter both always on. The buds are resting on a drying mesh net on 2 different levels.
Unfortunately i'm averaging 25C, 67RH with 18.7Dew point which i know is pretty bad. Hopefully i will not lose all my terpenes and potency, but maybe it is already too late. What do you guys think?
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Bluey
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I think your drying climate is far from ideal.
I assume your continuing grow that you are regularly watering is sharing the dry space in the same room? If so humidity will stay high along with temps until you stop growing. Harvest the rest and let the temps come down to 21 and humidity to 60....no fan on them they'll dry too fast.
Once the buds break off you're already too dry but it's workable and curable just takes longer.
Dry slow for best results is my experience...I think 14 to 20 days is the sweet spot but many here do it in 6 or 7 days. My last only took 4 to 6...way too fast
I used to dry in my garage, whole plant upside down...temps 10 to 20â°C humidity 65 to 75..sometimes higher and 2 to 3 weeks was the norm. Mould was a problem if the buds couldn't get a very light breeze so if they touched something that would be an issue.
I assume your continuing grow that you are regularly watering is sharing the dry space in the same room? If so humidity will stay high along with temps until you stop growing. Harvest the rest and let the temps come down to 21 and humidity to 60....no fan on them they'll dry too fast.
Once the buds break off you're already too dry but it's workable and curable just takes longer.
Dry slow for best results is my experience...I think 14 to 20 days is the sweet spot but many here do it in 6 or 7 days. My last only took 4 to 6...way too fast
I used to dry in my garage, whole plant upside down...temps 10 to 20â°C humidity 65 to 75..sometimes higher and 2 to 3 weeks was the norm. Mould was a problem if the buds couldn't get a very light breeze so if they touched something that would be an issue.
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eugeeen123
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Day 107 took all my drying buds a put them in curing jar, on the scale i measured 117grams
cut the rest of the plant and put it to dry after a fast trim. I think i'll end up with around 200+ grams total harvest.
Now i have to decide if i want to continue and plant another seed, i think i'll wait a bit before deciding, it is too hot right now.
Now i'm focused fully on drying and curing.
cut the rest of the plant and put it to dry after a fast trim. I think i'll end up with around 200+ grams total harvest.
Now i have to decide if i want to continue and plant another seed, i think i'll wait a bit before deciding, it is too hot right now.
Now i'm focused fully on drying and curing.